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Cradle to Greatness

Our annual Cradle to Greatness convening provides opportunity for our grantees and allies to collaborate on activities that have a significant impact on Black and Brown communities.

The Cradle to Greatness framework aligns our strategic grantmaking priorities with outcomes that prepare and propel generations of talent, ignites innovation, demands fair access, and accelerates the careers of young people often overlooked and underestimated.

Cradle to Greatness began as a quest for developing and mining our metropolitan black and brown youth, particularly in the technology field.  Fund II Foundation has brought together grantees and other organizations in service to this group of digital natives.  Through networking and collaboration gatherings, organizations shed their individual agendas and discover where they can combine efforts to have sustainable impact.

Fund II Foundation wants to see the culture of collaboration infused into all our grantees’ DNA. This annual collaboration gathering shares the task of imagining and implementing together and scales the results.

Our mission is to preserve the African-American experience; safeguard human rights; provide music education; preserve the environment while promoting the benefits of the outdoors; and sustain critical American values such as entrepreneurialism.
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Kiarah Young

Communications Associate

A proud native of Sacramento, California, Kiarah Young crossed the country to earn a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies and Civic Engagement from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She currently serves as a Communications Associate at Fund II Foundation, where she manages the social media, website, and digital media efforts to amplify the foundation’s mission. As a Restoration Retreat alumna from 2019, Kiarah returned to Fund II Foundation in 2022 as a Youth Development Intern, later transitioning to a Communications Intern in 2023 before joining the team full-time in 2024. Before joining Fund II Foundation, she gained experience as an intern at Politico and Hearst, strengthening her expertise in media and communications. During her time at Wesleyan, she worked as a Marketing Assistant at the Resource Center for four years, documenting the stories of first-generation, low-income, and students of color. She also served as a tutor for the Center for Prison Education, helping incarcerated students pursue a college degree. Her passion for human rights, social justice, and community engagement fuels her work in digital media, where she strives to create accessibility and amplify unheard voices.